Addition/Subtraction Problems
Subtraction/Subtraction Problems
Addition/Division Problems
Subtraction/Division Problems
Reasonableness
100
Ma'Kena took 8 photographs at home and 7 photographs at school. Her sister Sydney took 6 fewer photographs than Ma'Kena. How many photographs did Sydney take?
What is 9 photographs?
100
There are 15 fish in a tank. 12 are goldfish, and the others are angelfish. How many more goldfish are there than angelfish?
What is 9 goldfish?
100
Logan bought 8 packages of stickers with the same number of stickers in each package. He gave 15 stickers to his sister. Now Logan has 49 stickers. How many stickers were in each package?
What is 8 stickers?
100
Samantha had a piece of ribbon that was 36 inches long. She cut a number of 3-inch pieces. She has 15 inches of ribbon left. How many 3-inch pieces did she cut?
What is 7 pieces?
100
Ms. Meeks's class collected cans of food for their local food pantry. They collected 27 cans on Monday and 78 cans on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday they collected 53 cans. How many cans did they class collect on those three days? Answer: 158 cans
What is yes; 158 cans
200
A new library opened on Saturday. The library lent out 234 books on Saturday. On Sunday, they lent out 138 books. That day, 78 books were returned. How many books were not returned?
What is 294 books?
200
Johnny had 14 colored pencils. 9 of them needed sharpening, and the rest were sharp. Yesterday, his uncle gave him some new colored pencils. Now Johnny has 12 sharp colored pencils. How many colored pencils did his uncle give him?
What is 7 colored pencils?
200
Giovanni bought 6 sets of books. Each set had the same number of books. He donated 11 books to the school library. Now he has 37 books left. How many books were in each set of books Leo bought?
What is 8 books?
200
There are 47 students in the marching band. There are 5 students in the first row, and the rest are in equal rows of 6. How many students are in each of the 6 rows?
What is 7 students?
200
Theron strings beads. He had 54 beads on a string and he took off 29 beads. Then he took off 5 more. How many beads are on the string now? Answer: 35 beads
What is no; 20 beads
300
Mr. Svuba is baking pies and cakes for a school fundraiser. He bought 26 apples, 29 peaches, and a number of bananas at the Farmers' Market. He bought 66 pieces of fruit. How many bananas did he buy?
What is 11 bananas?
300
Aiden is reading a 340-page book. He read 174 pages of the book on Saturday and 120 pages on Sunday. How many pages does he have left to read?
What is 46 pages?
300
Karlie earns $8 each week doing chores. She is saving her money to buy a game that costs $49 and a cap that costs $15. How many weeks will Karlie need to save her money?
What is 8 weeks?
300
Talia's mother baked 48 cookies. Talia gave a dozen cookies to her neighbor and divided the remaining cookies on plates of 9 cookies each. How many plates did she use?
What is 4 plates?
300
Mrs. Hartman bought 6 packages of paper cups. Each package has 20 cups. She used 78 cups for her retirement party. How many cups does Mrs. Hartman have left? Answer: 58 cups
What is no; 42 cups
400
The Maple Grove bus had 14 passengers. When it stopped, 5 people got off and 8 people got on. How many people are riding the Maple Grove bus now?
What is 17 people?
400
Lance had 13 marbles yesterday. 7 were red, and the rest were green. Today he gave 4 of his green marbles to his brother. How many green marbles does Lance have left?
What is 2 green marbles?
400
Alexia has 36 stamps and her sister has 24 stamps. They put their stamps in the same book. They put the same number of stamps on each page. They used 10 pages. How many stamps are on each page?
What is 6 stamps?
400
Jovan has 103 photos on his digital camera. He deletes 33 because they are out of focus. he wants to print the remaining photos and put an equal number on each page of an album that has 10 pages. How many photos will be on each page?
What is 7 photos?
400
During one week, Taelyn rode her bicycle 42 miles and Lucia rode 9 fewer miles than Taelyn. how many miles did they ride altogether that week? Answer: 75 miles
What is yes; 75 miles
500
Lily picked 14 apricots. Alma picked 5 fewer apricots than Lily. How many apricots did Lily and Alma pick altogether?
What is 23 apricots?
500
There were 17 animals at the shelter. 8 were dogs, and the rest were cats. Today more cats were brought in. Now there are 11 cats. How many cats were brought to the shelter today?
What is 2 cats?
500
There are 72 books on 9 shelves. Each shelf has the same number of books. Six new books are placed on the top shelf. How many books are on the top shelf now?
What is 14 books?
500
A dog trainer named Wes is working with 7 dogs. He rewards each dog with the same number of treats. He started with 35 treats, and he has 7 left. How many treats did he give each dog?
What is 4 treats?
500
Mrs. Wolfram volunteers at her local animal shelter. It costs $10 a day to care for a cat or dog in the shelter. The total cost to care for the animals one day was $90. There were 5 dogs at the shelter and the rest were cats. How many cats were at the shelter that day? Answer: 9 cats
What is no; 4 cats
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